Dolby Laboratories DSS100 - Dolby NA10 Network Automation Interface; Dolby NA10 Overview and Functionality

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Digital Cinema Presentation System User’s Manual 59
Chapter 5
Dolby NA10
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NA10NetworkAutomationInterfaceintegratestheDolbyDigitalCinema
presentationsystemwithexistingcinemahardware.Theunitprovidesthevitallink
betweentheDolbyShowManagertheatremanagementsoftwareandtheexistingtheatre
automationequipmentthrougha10BASE‐TEtherne tconnection.TheNA10providesa
bridgebetweena10Base‐T
EthernetportandageneralpurposeI/Ointerface.
TakingcuesfromtheDolbyShowStorethroughitsEthernetport,theNA10activates
cinemafunctions,suchasmachinestart/stop,houselightingcontrol,curtainmotorcontrol,
andothertheatreassets.TheNA10alsoacceptsfilm‐basedcuesfromexistingequipment.
TheNA10reports
thesecuestotheDolbyShowManagersoftware,whichenablesremote
monitoring.
TheNA10isnotmeanttoreplaceexistingfilm‐basedautomationequipment.Inahybrid
filmandDolbyDigitalCinemasystem,theNA10isconnectedinparallelwiththeexisting
automationcontroller.Thisconfigurationeasesdigitalcinemasystem
integrationand
allowstheDolbyShowStoreandtheDolbyShowManagersoftwaretocontrolthe
requiredautomationfunctionsduringapresentation.Bysimplifyingthecommunication
betweentheDolbyDigitalCinemasystemandtheexistingcinemaautomation,theNA10
allowsyoutomonitorandcontrolafilmprojectionsystemandother
theatreassets.Thisis
especiallyusefulifyourshowcontentcontainsbothfilmanddigitalmedia.
ADolbyauthorizedservicerepresentativeusestheNA10setupsoftwaretoconfigurethe
I/Ointerface.Nodirectuserinterventionisrequired.
Figure 5-1 Dolby NA10
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